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To  provide  for  Local  Defence  and  Special  Service. 


Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That 
the  President  be,  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  to  accept  the  services  of  volunteers. 
<>f  sue li  kind  and  in  such  proportion  as  he  may  deem  expedient,  to  serve  for  such 
time  as  he  may  prescribe,  for  the  defence  of  exposed  places  or  localities,  or  such 
special  service  as  he  may  deem  expedient. 

Section  2.  And  such  forces  shall  be  mustered  into  the  service  of  the  Confederal 
States,  for  the  local  defence  or  special  service  aforesaid;  the  muster  roll  setting 
forth  distinctly  the  services  to  be  performed  ;  and  the  said  volunteers  shall  not 
be  considered  in  actual  service  until  thereunto  specially  ordered  by  the  President. 
And  they  shall  be  entitled  to  pay  or  subsistence  only  for  such  time  as  they  may 
be  on  dutv  under  the  orders  of  the  President,  or  by  his  direction. 

Section:;.  Such  volunteer  forces,  when  so  accepted  and  ordered  into  service, 
shall  be  organized  with,  and  subject  to  all  the  provisions  of  the  act.  entitled  ;"  An 
Act  to  provide  for  the  Public  Defence,"  approved  March  6th,  1861,  and  may  be 
attached  to&uch  divisions,  brigades,  regiments  or  battalions,  as  the  President  may 
direct ;  and  when  not  organized  into  battalions  or  regiments  before  being  mus- 
tered into  service,  the  President  shall  appoint  the  Held  officers  of  the  battalions 
and  regiments,  when  organized  as  such  by  him. 

Approved  Au<jh*i  21,  1861. 


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